All the Library's Databases
*These resources require a Houston Public Library Power Card for access from your home or office.
Brief overview of Houston's history from 1836 to present.
Digital facsimile images for hundreds of 19th century U.S. newspapers.
Includes the full-text of American and British poetry from the 20th century.
Find picture books on specific subjects.
Full-text articles from scholarly publications.
Guide for the academic job hunter.
The largest historic newspaper source online containing tens of millions of searchable newspaper pages, dating as far back as the 1700s.
Finance an education, select a school, or plan a career.
The largest electronic collection of biographical information on African Americans from 1790 to1950.
Contains comprehensive coverage of blues, jazz, spirituals, civil rights songs, slave songs, minstrelsy, rhythm and blues, gospel, and other forms of black American musical expression chronicling the rich history of this music through 1970.
An online music listening service documenting the history of African American music in various genres.
Index of material on all aspects of agriculture.
Comprehensive automotive diagnostic and repair information.
This alternative health database provides full text about complementary and alternative medicine dating back to 1990.
Find doctors by name or specialty.
Employment opportunities with a company in petroleum, exploration, production, refining and marketing.
Wage and salary information, career resources, and job bank for employers and job seekers.
National employment site serving employers and job seekers. Provides links to all state employment sites.
Online resource for researching the soldiers, regiments, and battles of the American Civil War contains indexed, searchable information on over four million soldiers and thousands of battles, together with fifteen thousand photographs.
This database contains two thousand and nine authors and approximately one hundred thousand pages of diaries, letters and memoirs.
Employment opportunities with a provider of financial services and life insurance.
Information about American presidents, past and present.
One of the largest collections of family history data online. Ancestry Library Edition is the Ancestry.com database with a interface from Proquest.
Contains records of architectural drawings owned by the Houston Metropolitan Research Center, primarily for structures in the Houston area.
Directory of manuscript and primary source material across the United States. It contains the National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections (NUCMC) from 1959 to the present.
Search for works by thousands of artists in online exhibits..
Index of articles from thousands of journals.
Employment opportunities with a leading law firm.
Employment opportunities with a company that provides products and services for drilling, completion and production of oil and gas wells.
Employment information from one of the nation's largest banks.
A site providing bank interest rates for mortgages, loans, credit cards, various accounts, and certificates of deposit.
A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature
Offers brief introductory courses and learning tips in several languages aw well as mp3 downloads of useful holiday phrases.
Latest world news from the BBC's famed worldwide news gathering team.
Offers news and audio in several languages.
Employment opportunities with a developer of large construction and engineering projects.
Contains citations covering all aspects of native North American culture, history, and life.
Search for business by keyword, name or location.
Stock and mutual fund daily closing prices, back to 1985.
Index to millions of biographical sketches in thousands of reference books.
Offers full text biographical articles, images, and abstracts.
Search for biographies, full text articles, and images for current and historic people from all eras and fields of endeavor.
Employment and career information for students and professionals of color. Resume posting available.
Contains the full text of plays written from the mid-1800s to the present by playwrights from North America, English-speaking Africa, the Caribbean, and other African diaspora countries.
Short fiction produced by writers from Africa and the African Diaspora from the earliest times to the present compiled from early literary magazines, archives, and the personal collections of the authors.
Black Studies Center is a fully cross-searchable gateway to Black Studies including scholarly essays, recent periodicals, historical newspaper articles, and much more.
An electronic collection of non-fiction writings by major American black leaders covering 250 years of history including letters, speeches, prefatory essays, political leaflets, interviews, periodicals, and trail transcripts.
Presents literature and essays by authors from Africa and the African Diaspora.
Employment opportunities with a manufacturer of aircraft and aerospace equipment.
Directory of millions of books with availability information.
The latest 45 days are available.
Employment opportunities with a refiner and marketer of petroleum products.
Links to colleges and universities worldwide.
A powerful resource to search or browse for information in encyclopedias, magazines, videos, and Web sites.
A resource for students to search or browse for information in encyclopedias, magazines, videos, and Web sites.
Free online typing tutorial.
Statistics on crime and criminals, victims, and the justice system.
Company profiles, brand information, rankings, investment reports, company histories, and periodicals.
Forms to register your business with the Texas Secretary of State.
Scholarly business journals covering management, economics, finance, accounting, international business and much more.
Employment search engine for jobs across the United States.
Online version of the Wall Street Journal's National Business Employment Weekly.
Federal grant and loan programs.
Directory of selected names in cemeteries around the United States and other countries.
Information from the federal government on health and diseases.
Employment opportunities with a provider of banking and financial services.
Employment opportunities in petroleum exploration, production, refining and marketing.
Full page view of the Chicago Defender from 1905-1975.
The latest 45 days are available.
Job classified ads from the Houston Chronicle.
Search and read newspapers fron 1900-1910 and find information about American newspapers from 1690-present.
Overview of Houston government and history with links to City and related resources.
Find the latest information about City of Houston Code adoption and amendments.
Employment opportunities with the city.
Indexes documents published in Latin American and Caribbean journals with CLASE specializing in the social sciences and humanities, and PERIODICA, science and technology. Documents indexed are in Spanish, Portuguese, French and English languages.
Classical recordings for listening and learning in libraries.
Houston Public Library's Genealogical Collection.
Provides links to online ranking sites as well as print sources.
Dates and registration for the the SAT.
Advice on preparing for college, choosing the right college, and getting financial aid.
The latest information and current trends in high technology.
Find your elected federal representatives by Zip code, or research current issues and legislation. (FF)
Comprehensive U.S. legislative information. If fulltext is not available online, check with the Central Library's Social Sciences Department for print availability.
Employment information from a company in the petroleum and power generation business.
Features full-text consumer-oriented health information.
Major documents of the United States from 1776 to the present.
More than 100 countries are described and analyzed as to their political, economic and social institutions.
List of genealogical resources on the Web.
Public company stock quotes, charts, news, earnings, estimates, splits, options, mutual funds, industry reports, upcoming IPO's and more.
The latest 45 days are available.
Searchable archive of the Dallas Morning News.
Free online typing tutorial.
Employment opportunities with a leading accounting, tax and consulting firm.
Employment opportunities with one of the largest chemical companies in the world.
Chinese language database.
Descriptions of commonly abused drugs, like cocaine, inhalants, marijuana, steroids, and others.
Employment opportunities with an energy marketer.
Logs for Electric East Texas Wells by the Houston Geological Society.
Spanish language citations on business and economics.
New and used car prices, as well as other information for car owners.
Education search engine for teachers, with links for lesson plans, curriculum, subject areas, and more.
Index to citations in electronic journals.
Articles from general interest and current events magazines appropriate for school assignments.
Worldwide directory of embassies, consulates, and U.N. missions. (FF)
Explore la Enciclopedia Universal en Español, una fuente de conocimiento autorizado y confiable con miles de artfculos en un amplio rango de temas.
Provides in-depth information on the nature and habitat of familiar animals.
The U.S. Department of Education's Educational Resource Information Center database contains citations and abstracts from education-related journals, as well as full text of digests and clearinghouse documents.
Employment opportunities with a company in petroleum exploration and refining, manufacturing and distributing petroleum products.
Up-to-date data, articles and news about companies and industries.
Includes science biographies, diagrams, essays, experiments, definitions, and timelines.
Submit your federal financial aid application electronically.
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saint's links to genealogical resources on the web.
Government agency internet resources for teachers and parents.
Employment opportunities with the United States Government.
A comprehensive Financial Aid Information Page.
Directory of lawyers by state, by name, and by practice area, as well as tips on how to choose the right one.
Collection of resources and contact information for flooding in the Houston area.
Program details and application guidelines for leading foundations as well as sponsoring company information for corporate givers.
Find sources for scholarships, fellowships, grants, awards and other financial support for individuals.
Fuel economy ratings of vehicles from the EPA and Department of Energy.
Provides the full-text of Spanish language scholarly journals.
Legal forms specific to Texas.
Full-text reference books on topics including biography, business, the environment, history, law, social sciences, medicine, religion, the sciences, and multicultural studies.
Employment opportunities with providers of professional engineering services.
Pointers to a variety of genealogy sites, sponsored by Family Treemaker Online.
Swedish Church Records from the 16th – 20th century. To access this database please minimize your browser and click on the “GenLine Family Finder 2” icon on the computer desktop.
El portal oficial en español del Gobierno de los EE. UU.
Employment opportunities with the State of Texas.
Catalog of titles published by agencies of the U.S. Government since 1976.
Official information from all three branches of the Federal Government.
Dates and registration for the the GRE.
Articles on all aspects of the visual arts - painting, sculpture, graphic and decorative arts, photography - from prehistory to the present.
Articles on all aspects of music and its study. Includes New Grove Dictionary of Opera.
Employment opportunities with a global engineering, construction and diversified services company.
Encyclopedia of Texas history, geography, and culture.
Connect with information services and people in Harris County Government.
Useful guidelines for property owners and the database of appraisal records. (FF)
Employment and training opportunities with the county.
Articles on health topics from a variety of resources.
Multi-source database for health and wellness research.
Provides information on many health topics including the medical sciences, food sciences and nutrition, childcare, sports medicine and general health.
Scholarly full text journals, abstracts, and indexes focusing on many medical disciplines.
Consumer health information from the federal government.
U. S. Federal census records and other research materials for tracing family lineages.
Over 800 companies' annual reports (1844-current) available through searchable pdf images.
Hoover's is now available in our ProQuest database.
Full text articles from the Chronicle from 1985 to the present.
The latest 45 days are available.
Directory of goods and services in Houston.
Employer and employee services and resume marketing.
Site includes bus routes and schedules.
Alternative weekly with an agenda-driven approach to no-holds-barred news.
Houston Public Library's catalog on the Web. Search for titles and place holds.
Employment opportunities at the library.
Jobs for programmers, DBAs, analysts, and other computer professionals. Submit your resume for automatic job matching.
Employment site for ethnic minorities. Job posting and resume posting available.
Links to white pages, yellow pages, toll free, and criss-cross directories all over the world.
Database in the areas of information science.
Collection of journals focused on key issues in gardening, landscaping, and other areas of horticulture.
Collection of journals providing researchers with current information on the scientific developments -- including such topics as particle physics, advanced mathematics, and nanotechnology.
Collection of home-improvement focused titles, covering such topics as architectural techniques, tool and material selection, zoning requirements, and many more.
Provides broad view of the insurance and liability industry, covering such topics as labor relations, mortgage banking, legal issues, and more.
Newspapers from the U.S. and around the world, including several Texas newspapers. Dates of coverage vary with start dates beginning January of 1996.
Provides access to periodical and news information on a diverse set of topics.
Compilation provides insights, tips, strategies and success stories in full-text periodicals.
Collection of journals provides coverage of both the historical and current state of affairs in the hospitality and tourism field.
Collection provides content from general career guides to highly specialized industry journals
Provides abstracts and indexing for literature related to personal computing products and developments in business, the Internet, the home, and all other applied areas.
A compendium of laws: U. S. states, other countries, and treaties.
Colleges and universities by location, type of institution, and areas of study.
The full-text of the report.
Federal tax forms back to 1990.
If your adjusted gross income was $54,000 or less in 2007, you can use Free File to prepare and e-file your taxes online.
Online job search resources and services.
Employment service for the Houston area.
Online salary and cost of living surveys both general and by profession.
Links jobs, job seekers and job search information. Target audience is recent college graduates.
Scholarly journal archive.
Get help shopping for used cars.
A search interface with a child-friendly, graphically-rich design that automatically searches across all applicable EBSCO databases simultaneously.
Dates, locations, registration, and preparation for the LSAT.
Martindale Hubbell Law Directory
Houston voting information, including a Voters Key, voter registration info, election day precinct locations, and more.
Interactive practice exams as well as a Job and Career Center. Include TAKS, GED, SAT, civil service, ASVAB, law enforcement, real estate and basic skills tests.
Full-text of scholarly law journals.
Holdings of our national library and the research arm of Congress.
Catalog your books online.
Subject coverage includes librarianship, classification, cataloging, bibliometrics, online information retrieval, information management and more.
Literary Reference Center combines information from over 1,000 books, major literary encyclopedias and reference works, and hundreds of literary journals.
Biographies, bibliographies and critical analysis of authors and their works.
Provides searchable fulltext and criticism of poems, plays, stories, essays, and speeches.
Learn a language and make friends in the process.
The latest 45 days are available.
Major daily newspaper from Los Angeles fro 1985 to the present.
Articles from general interest and current events magazines appropriate for school assignments.
Articles covering all subjects including general reference, business, health, and much more.
Full-text Spanish language collection of medical research and investigative journals.
Web database to search for articles in medical journals, via PubMed or Internet Grateful Med
Information from the National Library of Medicine, the National Institutes of Health and other trusted sources on over 500 diseases and conditions.
MEDLINEplus es el portal de Internet de la Biblioteca Nacional de Medicina de informacion de salud para el publico.
Careers at a major hospital and medical group.
Business descriptions, corporate histories and financial statements for over thousands of U.S and international public companies.
Access to an archive of corporate and industry related documents.
Online English language dictionary and thesaurus.
Links to thousands of newspapers and magazines around the world.
Articles covering general topics appropriate for middle school students.
Articles from periodicals related to the military.
Full Text Journals about the military and intelligence.
Dun & Bradstreet's Million Dollar Database provides information on approximately 1,600,000 U.S. and Canadian public and private businesses.
The Modern Language Association's definitive bibliography on topics related to language and literature. Some full text.
Comprehensive international online job search and recruitment site. Resume posting and relocation material available.
Investment data and analyst reports.
Free price information on new and used cars, trucks, SUVs, vans, boats, and other vehicles.
Official weather warnings, observations and forecasts.
Contains information on conditions, natural and alternative treatments, herbs and supplements, and drug interactions.
Read and download e-books and audio books on Education, Science, History, Texas State etc.
Download audiobooks from Recorded Books for listening to in Windows Media Audio format. Separate account set-up in netLibrary is required.
Genealogical data from the New England Historic Genealogical Society.
Full page view of the New York Times from its first issue in 1851 through 2002.
Links to online newspapers across the United States.
Links to the Web sites of newspapers from all over the U.S. and around the world.
Offers full text of regional, national, and international newspapers, plus transcripts of television and radio programs.
A listing of the new NAICS codes, with correspondence tables for NAICS to SIC (Standard Industrial classification) and SIC to NAICS.
Find novels similar to the ones you like.
Job outlook information for hundreds of occupations from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Employment opportunities with an engineering firm providing services to customers operating in marine, space and other harsh environments.
A directory of newspaper Web sites throughout the world.
Job listings and career information for the non-profit sector.
Download e-books, audiobooks, and videos.
Includes articles, maps, and timelines about African Americans.
Online version of the Oxford English Dictionary, including the complete Second Edition and the New Edition in progress.
Information about colleges, graduate school, financial aid, careers, private secondary schools, and much more.
Digital images of over 200 papers from 55 countries around the world. The latest 45 days are available.
Employment opportunities with a leading accounting, tax and consulting firm.
Articles from children's magazines and pamphlets; designed for the elementary school student.
Articles for professional educators.
Scholarly journals on a variety of topics.
Articles on a broad range of subjects including arts, business, humanities, social sciences, and the sciences.
Search full-text, peer-reviewed, scholarly and scientific articles in psychology, including general and specialized, basic, applied, clinical and theoretical research.
Full-text coverage of topics such as emotional and behavioral characteristics, psychiatry & psychology, mental processes, anthropology, and observational and experimental methods.
Job searching and interviewing tips with links to job listings for public sector jobs in major cities, including Houston.
Index of the most popular general-interest periodicals published between 1963 through 1982.
Book lists and discussion guides for reading groups.
Directories of directories, associations, organizations, publications, broadcast media, newsletters, publishers, research centers, databases and more.
Preparedness information from the Department of Homeland Security.
Business database of U.S. businesses; also includes an international business database, a residential database, new movers database (residential) and new businesses database.
Business database of U.S. businesses; also includes an international business database, a residential database, new movers database (residential) and new businesses database.
Articles from regional business publications.
This database provides extensive full-text coverage of such topics as world religions, major denominations, biblical studies, religious history, epistemology, political philosophy, philosophy of language, moral philosophy and the history of philosophy.
Employment opportunities at Rice Uiversity.
An index to employment opportunities and job resources on the Internet.
Many sources and links for genealogical researchers.
Online language learning courses for Chinese, English, French, Spanish, Vietnamese.
Pay scale for Federal jobs in 30 cities and rural areas.
This relocation tool compares the cost of living in hundreds of U.S. and international cities.
Detailed salary information for a wide range of jobs sorted by occupation and region, and additional career advice, news and resources.
Consumer Health Complete database of health information in Spanish.
Repair manuals and wiring diagrams for consumer electronics devices including TVs and radios.
The latest 45 days are available.
Employment opportunities with a provider of technology to the oil and gas, communications, and other industries.
Full-text, indexing, and abstracts to journals covering relevant aspects of the scientific and technical community. Topics include aeronautics, astrophysics, chemistry, computer technology, geology, aviation, physics, archaeology, and materials science.
Gateway to government science information provided by US Government science agencies, including research and development results.
The latest 45 days are available.
Up-to-date and accurate bibliographic information as well as current pricing structures for popular serials.
Employment opportunities with the largest funeral service enterprise in the world.
Full text of Shakespeare's plays.
Employment opportunities with an oil, gas and petrochemical company.
Information and services offered by the SBA.
Small business management resources from periodical and reference works including business sample plans and legal forms.
Archival audio collections of the legendary Folkways Records, Cook, Dyer-Bennet, Fast Folk, Monitor, Paredon and other labels.
National database of death records.
Information in English and Spanish on benefits and regulations.
Employment opportunities with a major airline.
Employment opportunities with a telecommunications corporation.
A searchable database of SIC codes.
Clinical information from more than 35 medical texts.
The most comprehensive information about lawyers licensed to practice in Texas.
Information for jurors and others about the Harris County System.
Statistics concerning health, agriculture, business & industry, cost of living, demographics, the sciences, sociology, politics, foreign governments, and more.
Statistical Universe is the world's most comprehensive access to statistical information. If fulltext is not available online, check with the Central Library's Business Department for print availability.
A search interface designed specifically for secondary school students that searches across all EBSCO databases owned by HPL.
Texas state regulations by topic.
Searchable database of finding aids to archival materials in Texas, including those of the Houston Metropolitan Research Center.
Use this on-line application to apply for admission to any public college or university in Texas.
Texas employment opportunities for computer specialists.
Sanborn maps are large scale plans of a city drawn at a scale of 50 feet to an inch. They were created to assist fire insurance companies as they assessed the risk associated with insuring a particular property.
Employment opportunities with a manufacturer of semiconductors, consumer electronics products, electrical controls and metallurgical materials.
Bills and information from the Texas legislature.
Information from agencies of Texas state government.
Full text journals and books about Texas history, biography, ethnic & cultural diversity, gender studies, literature, public health, business as well as home & garden and sports & leisure.
Prepay for college tuition at today's prices.
Public and private sector jobs listed with the Texas Workforce Commission. Education and training opportunities which lead to employment.
Referrals to local legal aid and public interest law offices, basic information about legal rights, court information, pro bono service providers, and links to social service agencies.
Preparation manuals and study guides for the TExES and ExCET examinations.
Online streaming video of plays and film documentaries.
Thomas Register's free online supplier/finder index of manufacturers. Access requires registration.
Daily newspaper from New Orleans, Louisiana. 1989- Present.
Dates and registration for the TOEFL.
This current events database allows researchers to explore social, political & economic issues, scientific discoveries and other popular topics discussed in today’s classrooms including controversial opinions and viewpoints.
Preliminary FEMA Flood Insurance Rate Maps for Houston
National employment service for employers and job seekers.
Online picture books, puzzles, games and quizes for children.
Free online typing tutorial.
Source for social, demographic, and economic information.
Free searchable databases of patents and trademarks, as well as information on the patent process.
Detailed, comprehensive, and authoritative information on serials published throughout the world.
Descriptions and contact information for all branches, departments, and agencies of the federal government.
Employment opportunities with a provider of healthcare education and research.
Employment opportunities through M. D. Anderson's online career center.
Employment opportunities with the federal government.
Articles from USA Today from 1988 to present.
The latest 45 days are available.
The United States government's official web portal.
Network of volunteers working to create a center for genealogical research for every county in the United States.
The Value Line Investment Survey is a weekly independent investment information service.
Employment opportunities with a large telecommunications company.
This collection provides full text coverage for trade and industry-related periodicals.
